Decitabine-containing conditioning improved outcomes for children with higher-risk myelodysplastic syndrome undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

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Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a rare clonal hematopoietic disorder in children. The risk stratification system and treatment strategy for adults are unfit for children. The role of hypomethylating agents (HMAs) in higher-risk childhood MDS has not been identified. This study aimed to investigate the outcomes of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in children with higher-risk MDS at one single center. A retrospective study was conducted in children with higher-risk MDS undergoing HSCT between September 2019 and March 2023 at Blood Diseases Hospital CAMS. The clinical characteristics and transplantation information were reviewed and analyzed. A total of 27 patients were analyzed, including 11 with MDS with excess blasts (MDS-EB), 14 with MDS-EB in transformation (MDS-EBt) or acute myeloid leukemia with myelodysplasia-related changes (AML-MRC), and 2 with therapy-related MDS/AML (t-MDS/AML). Eight patients harbored monosomy 7. Before transplantation, induction therapy was administered to 25 patients, and 19 of them achieved bone marrow blasts <5% before HSCT. The stem cell source was unmanipulated-related bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells for nineteen patients and unrelated cord blood for eight. All patients received decitabine-containing and Bu/Cy-based myeloablative conditioning; 26 patients achieved initial engraftment. The cumulative incidences of grade II-IV and grade III-IV acute graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) at 100 days were 65.4% and 42.3%, respectively. The incidence of cGvHD was 38.5%. The median follow-up was 26 (range 4-49) months after transplantation. By the end of follow-up, two patients died of complications and two died of disease progression. The probability of 3-year overall survival (OS) was 84.8% (95%CI, 71.1 to 98.5%). In summary, decitabine-containing myeloablative conditioning resulted in excellent outcomes for children with higher-risk MDS undergoing allogeneic HSCT.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:103

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Annals of hematology - 103(2024), 4 vom: 13. März, Seite 1345-1351

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ren, Yuanyuan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Fang [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Xia [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xiaoyan [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Beibei [VerfasserIn]
Wan, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Lan, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiaolan [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Wenyu [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Xiaofan [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Ye [VerfasserIn]

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776B62CQ27
Children
Decitabine
Hypomethylation
Journal Article
Myelodysplastic syndrome
Stem cell transplantation

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Date Completed 15.03.2024

Date Revised 27.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00277-024-05628-9

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NLM368059022